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So now to the final discussion in my series. About Great engineers! I have been pondering this one, because, for some reason it’s the hardest to provide valuable information about. Great engineers/employees in general are hard-working, deadline-meeting, project-churning machines that bring value to your organization consistently with a smile on their faces. What could be wrong […]

Ineptitude is a difficult issue to combat because there are, obviously, different levels of ineptitude. They range from someone who is selectively disinterested in a specific task (I would argue this is the most frequent), all the way to completely dysfunctional. In the case of the latter, expedient dismissal is the best option. That being said, […]

Update: If YOU are a shy individual and want to get more outgoing, check out this post from Upgrade Reality. Now that I’ve described the main types of engineers, I’m going to gear some advice in how to work with them. First on the chopping block is those shy and quiet engineers who don’t need, or even […]

So here I’ve been sitting, contemplating how to write this post, and not having any epiphanies as to how to go about it. Shy engineers are easy to discuss, assholes are equally easy. Ineptitude was a bit ranty, though in my defense, those engineers tend to rant of their own accord, so it seemed to […]